Grays leave ground after 100 years

Relegated Blue Square Premiership club Grays Athletic are to leave their home at the Rec after 100 years.  In all too familiar story, the ground has been sold by the landlords for housing.  The club cannot afford the cost of a Conference-standard stadium share.   Thurrock was the best prospect, but Grays cannot afford the £55,000 a year asked for.   Rather than take their place in the Blue Square South, they look set to drop down to the Ryman League with Tilbury as a possible location.   The plan is to re-build as a community club.

Relegated Blue Square Premiership club Grays Athletic are to leave their home at the Rec after 100 years.  In all too familiar story, the ground has been sold by the landlords for housing.  The club cannot afford the cost of a Conference-standard stadium share.   Thurrock was the best prospect, but Grays cannot afford the £55,000 a year asked for.   Rather than take their place in the Blue Square South, they look set to drop down to the Ryman League with Tilbury as a possible location.   The plan is to re-build as a community club.